STUDENT ACCUSED OF SELLING ECSTASY

Police have arrested a 14-year-old Bennet Middle School student after acting on a tip that he was selling Ecstasy at the school, police said Saturday.

Manchester police Sgt. Michael Ludlow, head of the detective division, said that during a three-month investigation, members of the East Central Narcotics Task Force were not able to confirm that the boy sold drugs at the school or to other students.

During the investigation, an adult made four drug purchases from the 14-year-old, Ludlow said. None of those sales took place at the school.

The boy, who was not identified because of his age, was in custody Saturday night at a juvenile detention center in Hartford. He faces three counts of sale of marijuana, two counts of sale of Ecstasy, three counts of possession of marijuana and two counts of possession of Ecstasy. He was arrested at a relative's home, where he is staying, shortly after midnight Saturday.

Though police found no evidence of drugs being sold at the school, Ludlow said police would like to hear from parents who learn of such activity.

"If [students] were ever approached by a 14-year-old youth at Bennet, we'd be interested in that," Ludlow said. "Obviously, we'd like to continue this case."